Schools Guide 2017

Aldro

One of James Hanson's first moves as head was to build a
giant Lego Dalek in his office (we believe he let the boys help).
He's clearly the perfect fit for this Boys' Own paradise of
den-making, air-pistol shooting and conker battles. They host an
annual regatta within these 20 sylvan acres, and the academics are
shipshape too, with a timely transfusion of sparky younger staff.
The school has old established links to Charterhouse, Eton,
Sherborne and Tonbridge and there were a record number of
scholarships last year, many for music (90 per cent of pupils take
individual lessons). Around 70 of the boys board, mainly in the
upper years, in preparation for big school. The U13 team are
regular rugby sevens winners; five pupils represent Surrey at
cricket; and they are unbeatable at chess. And not many schools can
say they possess their own island (with treehouse, natch),
reachable only by rowboat or rope bridge.